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[Numpty]

Project Manager.

That one is reserved only for the most special of numpties.

Oi!

its only a numpty doctorate or from a numpty college.

Oi! and thrice Oi!

[SorenLorensen]

Job titles...who gives a ****, really?

[centurian]

My sister has a similar philosophy with her car. I've paid for these bumpers so I'll use them.

Didn't Dennis Healey say that going begging to the IMF shouldn't be viewed in a bad light - after all we had paid for IMF membership

[Sockpuppet]

My Uncle is a Dr. of History due to his PHD - His philosophy is "I earned the title I'm going to bloody use it!". Fair play to him I say.

My sister has a similar philosophy with her car. I've paid for these bumpers so I'll use them.

[minestrone]

My Uncle is a Dr. of History due to his PHD - His philosophy is "I earned the title I'm going to bloody use it!". Fair play to him I say.

How can you have an exclamation mark on a philosophy?

The gf does not use her title of doctor as she says you just get pestered on flights, the precursor to "is there a doctor on the flight" is the crew looking down the list and checking the titles.

Great uncle lurch will be one of the first picked out and will advise the crew the traveler has an acute case of "not knowing who the Norman Conks were" while the patient is in their death throws from a pulmonary edema.

So who were you chatered by churchill?

[Churchill]

My best mate is a Dr by way of a Chemistry PhD, and the wives cousin is one by way of some other PhD - both use the title Dr.

My Uncle is a Dr. of History due to his PHD - His philosophy is "I earned the title I'm going to bloody use it!". Fair play to him I say.

[dang65]

Doctor and Engineer might be abused titles, but surely no more abused than "Master", which pretty much all of us use in one form or other (Master, Mr, Mrs, Miss and Ms). All definitions of Master in the dictionary indicate power or skill or qualification, and yet it's the default title for every one of us from birth to death.

Basically, all titles, including Master and its variants, are entirely archaic and pointless (unless required to identify rank while serving in the military or a similar organisation).

Titles before and initials after a name are just a self-aggrandisement thing. OK, a Doctor or a Professor or an Engineer or a Lawyer have all studied hard for their qualifications, but many other trades and skills require just as much commitment and hard work to achieve professional standard, and they don't have some poncy title in front of their names.

But titles are totally ingrained in society. Try getting your title removed completely from documents and correspondence. A lot of the time it's actually technically impossible because the field is required by IT systems and the operator has to enter something, usually from a list of preset options.

[OwlHoot]

A person with a Medical Degree and who has taken the Hippocratic oath is a Doctor ...

Ironically surgeons and medical specialists tend to be called just "Mr".

Also, conjurors and Punch and Judy show operators are entitled to call themselves "Professor".

[minestrone]

A person with a Medical Degree and who has taken the Hippocratic oath is a Doctor, a person with a PhD is a person with a doctorate, there is a big difference and I have to say anyone with a doctorate that refers themselves as Dr outside of their business has a terribly over inflated ego. I worked with someone with a PhD recently who when asked if he was a doctor said 'yes, but not a real one'. He just uses Mr.

Anyway, I know a Doctor with a PhD, I also know someone with an honorary doctorate that uses Dr.

As for Engineer, there should be a restriction on the use of the term until you have passed a recognised degree in the subject, one that is recognised by the Engineering Council. This is what happens in Germany, unfortunately I will have to deal with a sales Engineer when I head down to Tesco metro later.

[darmstadt]

Germans love their titles, quite a few of the people I've worked with are called Doctor something or other and they have it on their business cards and doors even if its only a numpty doctorate or from a numpty college. The best are those with multiples and they call themselves Professor Doctor Doctor TwatWithHeadStuckUpArse, I just call them Herr soAndso to wind them up. I'm tempted to put a few on my CV just to see if they'll call me Doctor

[jmo21]

Wrong I'm afraid. Doctors are not actually doctors, usually. But PhD's are.

I really didn't want to get involved in the dr debate since the qualification is not always recieved well in this arena. Seen as snobbish and whatever. Well you can see the batchelor/non-bachelor bitchy-ness already.

This link explains the position from a medical doctors point of view.

http://blogs.ft.com/mccartney/2009/03/05/doctor-doctor/

As for the Engineer debate, yes strange in this country that most of society became engineers, whereas on the continent it is restricted and doesn't do any of us any favours.


Please don't have a go for any gramma or spellin cus I is recovering from major man flu at the min.

My best mate is a Dr by way of a Chemistry PhD, and the wives cousin is one by way of some other PhD - both use the title Dr.

[moorfield]

Project Manager.

That one is reserved only for the most special of numpties.

[conned tractor]

In the UK you are only allowed to call yourself a Doctor if you have been through medical school, an Architect is a legally restricted term by law but yet Engineer can be placed on to anyone.

Wrong I'm afraid. Doctors are not actually doctors, usually. But PhD's are.

I really didn't want to get involved in the dr debate since the qualification is not always recieved well in this arena. Seen as snobbish and whatever. Well you can see the batchelor/non-bachelor bitchy-ness already.

This link explains the position from a medical doctors point of view.

http://blogs.ft.com/mccartney/2009/03/05/doctor-doctor/

As for the Engineer debate, yes strange in this country that most of society became engineers, whereas on the continent it is restricted and doesn't do any of us any favours.


Please don't have a go for any gramma or spellin cus I is recovering from major man flu at the min.

[Ruprect]

I couldn't agree more.

However, it takes more than a degree to make a good engineer as one day you may find out - assuming you can keep your head out of your arse long enough.

Lol meeeeeeeow!

[Churchill]

I couldn't agree more.

However, it takes more than a degree to make a good engineer as one day you may find out - assuming you can keep your head out of your arse long enough.